Oprah Quitting
Oprah Winfrey says she will stop doing her talk show in 2011. But her followers all say that when she goes off the air, she will return to them in three days.



Harvard Yale: The Game
60,000 people will be at the Harvard-Yale football game tomorrow. Usually to get that much money and power in one place you have to be in the Goldman Sachs bathroom.



Swine Flu Lie
A Pennsylvania man is in trouble for pretending he had swine flu to get out of jury duty. When he made his announcement, everyone else in the courtroom realized they'd rather really have swine flu than be on jury duty.



Big Bear in Tahoe
Lake Tahoe is being terrorized by a 700-pound black bear. Local residents say the bear is costing taxpayers millions because he's constantly in the emergency room with obesity-related health problems.



Election Delay
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has confirmed that the next round of elections in the West Bank and Gaza will be postponed. The vote will be rescheduled as soon as Hamas and Fatah can agree on how to use exploding ballots.





November 20th


284: Diocletian is chosen as Roman Emperor, beating out all the other finalists on "Roman Idol."


1789: New Jersey becomes the first U.S. state to ratify the Bill of Rights, and the first state to allow acid wash pantaloons.


1992: A fire breaks out in England's Windsor Castle, badly damaging the castle and causing over £50 million worth of damage. The aftermath of the fire brought some difficult questions, like why the royal family kept £50 million in cash at Windsor Castle.